THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2006-2024
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2006-2024

Libtiff vulnerability

CVSS
4.0
EPSS
8.6%
EPSS pct
95th
Exploited
No known
Multiple vulnerabilities in libtiff before 3.8.1 allow context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service via a TIFF image that triggers errors in (1) the TIFFFetchAnyArray function in (a) tif_dirread.c; (2) certain "codec cleanup methods" in (b) tif_lzw.c, (c) tif_pixarlog.c, and (d) tif_zip.c; (3) and improper restoration of setfield and getfield methods in cleanup functions within (e) tif_jpeg.c, tif_pixarlog.c, (f) tif_fax3.c, and tif_zip.c.
Affected vendor
Libtiff
Affected product
Libtiff
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published
2006-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring single-factor authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 8.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 95% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2006-2024

  • Confirm whether Libtiff Libtiff is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2006-2024.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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